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    And.. I asked you if you had a relevant question.. obviously no as usual. You need to find a better way to argue Barnacle Butt. You have no arguement as there are tons of example of how awful the c64 was during the 82-84 time period. Heck there are even some in 1988 :D Amazing!

    I can post some for you if you like however you seem familar with lemon. Maybe you should go back there. Lot of other sources just as easy, you must have missed my Atari 2600 vs C64 post today. Though kind of in jest it is amazing how bad c64 was.

    We use to laugh and laugh at my retail store when c64 came out :D

     

    one would assume u laughed your asses off until the 64 sales went stratospheric, all the games coders jumped ship and the atari sank without trace?

     

    must have been one hell of a year for u. a real hoot.

     

    what did u do after 1985? did it involve asking "do u want fries with that?"

     

    Steve

     

    You know I'm still laughing my ARSE off how in the UK, the awful Spectrum, which wasn't even considered a computer outside UK, outsold the C64 by 3 -1

     

    yeah incredible isnt it? all those good games it had must have made the difference. mind u if your figures are correct and it outsold the the 64 in the UK by 3:1 and the uk market was one of the bigger 64 markets. makes u wonder how many times it outsold the atari by then doesnt it?

     

    about 10:1? maybe? who knows coz atari never publish their sales figures apparently. suspicious that, to someone working in the advertising industry.

     

    Steve

     

     

    UK was never known for having 'good taste'

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  2. Posted · Edited by frenchman

    And.. I asked you if you had a relevant question.. obviously no as usual. You need to find a better way to argue Barnacle Butt. You have no arguement as there are tons of example of how awful the c64 was during the 82-84 time period. Heck there are even some in 1988 :D Amazing!

    I can post some for you if you like however you seem familar with lemon. Maybe you should go back there. Lot of other sources just as easy, you must have missed my Atari 2600 vs C64 post today. Though kind of in jest it is amazing how bad c64 was.

    We use to laugh and laugh at my retail store when c64 came out :D

     

    one would assume u laughed your asses off until the 64 sales went stratospheric, all the games coders jumped ship and the atari sank without trace?

     

    must have been one hell of a year for u. a real hoot.

     

    what did u do after 1985? did it involve asking "do u want fries with that?"

     

    Steve

     

    You know I'm still laughing my ARSE off how in the UK, the awful Spectrum, which wasn't even considered a computer outside UK, outsold the C64 by 3 -1

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  4. Posted · Edited by frenchman

    Here's Glider Rider (1986) for C64 from top UK software house Quicksilva

    Man, those UK software houses produced 90% of graphical shit on C64 (As I said before, Thalamus, Level 9, System 3, Hewson, Rainbird, but that was it concerning competent UK software houses working on C64)

    Glider_Rider.jpg

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  5. Posted · Edited by frenchman

    That was so nice of image00222.jpgBarnacle Boyimage00222.jpg I had to put up this dedication again. Added some nice powerful Atari fuji symbols

     

     

    It’s excellent, me and ATARI, the 10000s post, what could be better.

     

    image00222.jpgBarnacle Boy image00222.jpgI am truly honored, it is a great privilege for me to be the participant of the 10000s post.

     

    And,image00222.jpgBarnacle Boyimage00222.jpg I truly know that you do not discriminate against someone else's appearance, so that makes it double special.

     

     

    Many grateful kisses from me to you, and long may ATARI lead (as in cheerleader)lady.jpg

     

     

    10000 post....ATARI 8-bit RULES.....10000 post

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  6. Posted · Edited by frenchman

    ...by the way, you (B.B.) seem to have prepared for this, the 10000th post.

    Still means nothing ;) ...this is REPLY #10000

     

    No don’t be like that.

     

    It’s excellent, me and ATARI, the 10000s post, what could be better.

     

    image00222.jpgBarnacle Boy image00222.jpgI am truly honored, it is a great privilege for me to be the participant of the 10000s post.

     

    And,image00222.jpgBarnacle Boyimage00222.jpg I truly know that you do not discriminate against someone else's appearance, so that makes it double special.

     

     

    Many grateful kisses from me to you, and long may ATARI lead (as in cheerleader)lady.jpg

     

     

    10000 post....ATARI 8-bit RULES.....10000 post

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  7. Posted · Edited by frenchman

    Atarian63, this thing you're doing where you run off to Lemon64, search for low-rated games, and then post pics of them here is pretty dumb, honestly. You must know that anyone with the inclination could post an absolute boatload of shots of extremely crappy looking Atari games from your so-called golden age. But what would that prove? That there were crappy games released even during the system's best years?* OMG, say it aint so!

     

    At least Rockford is actually comparing games that appeared on both systems, rather than just digging out shots of any crappy game he can find. Meanwhile, you're starting to look like a guy with a full-body skin condition who is trying to point and laugh at the odd patch of scaly skin on somebody else's elbow.

     

    *I say 'best years', but the way you're carrying on, I'm starting to wonder if your so-called Atari 'Golden Age' is actually maybe three weeks somewhere near the start of 1983. Except, funnily enough, although you'll immediately insist that a game like Gauntlet is unfit for comparison due to coming after this mythical 'Golden Age', I have a feeling that somehow we wouldn't hear a peep out of you on that score when it comes to certain other '85 releases being put on the comparison table: Rescue on Fractalus, for example. The Eidolon, maybe? Alternate Reality?

    Woah ! It's so bullshit

     

     

    you are so right.

  8. Posted

    Glad you like it barnacle brain. It just shows how bad the system was during the period. There are many examples. Your problem is that you have bias towards c6 as you silly comments here have shown for quite some time. You just don't like it when the example doesnt further you silly view of things. Rockey on the other hand is really a goof. You guys should get together.Also you seem to have missed the C64 "hard Drivin" example posted earlier. c64 1988. Major company produced.

    1985 had a few great title for Atari but it was mostly over by then due to the crash and c64 catching on only due to being cheap and that it was.

    You really are out there. Go on back to lemon now. I am sure you will find many who have your view and that will make you feel good. :D

     

     

    This is the bullseye, well put.

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  9. Posted · Edited by frenchman

     

    Some patients constantly repeat the same phrase or sentence. Establishing a definitive diagnosis can be very difficult as patients can appear normal. :D

     

    Whilst others use the same emotions over and over and over.....etc. Difficult to cure, some even say beyond help.

     

     

    anyway, fixed...professional, me

  10. Posted · Edited by frenchman

    ...Some patients constantly repeat the same phrase or sentence. Establishing a definitive diagnosis can be very difficult as patients can appear normal. :D

    Some doctors visit Atari forums.

    And some Ataris visit doctors..

    "Doctor doctor, I want to be a C64 when I grow up"

    ;)

     

    Doctor replies 'why become a BMW 3 series when you are already a Porsche'.

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  12. Posted · Edited by frenchman

     

    If you still have trouble spelling, can't help you man.

    Some patients constantly repeat the same phrase or sentence. Establishing a definitive diagnosis can be very difficult as patients can appear normal. :D

     

    Whilst others use the same emotions over and over and over.....etc. Difficult to cure.

     

    Failure to quote properly is punishable by a life sentence of Aquarius use..

     

    well, don't do it again you have been warned (anyway, fixed, I'm only little you know)

  13. Posted · Edited by frenchman

     

    Some patients constantly repeat the same phrase or sentence. Establishing a definitive diagnosis can be very difficult as patients can appear normal. :D

     

    Whilst others use the same emotions over and over and over.....etc. Difficult to cure, some even say beyond help.

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  14. Posted

    Yes, i know it's a UK magazine... i've been writing for them since issue 51, it's sort of hard to avoid noticing after about eighteen months. =-)

     

    Yes, I know that there are some really unknowledgeable people working for that mag

     

    And you have no idea if i'm "really unknowledgeable",

     

    Well judging by some of your replies so far.....

     

    but if you are one of the few knowledgeable contributors to RG, glad to hear it.

    Well, if TMR is "unknowledgeable", then frenchman got lost somewhere in the way between the stage of embryo and suckling. :D

     

    ...and outsmarts you by a long shot

    Yeaaah, teach me again about "digitalize" ROTFL :D

     

     

    If you still have trouble spelling, can't help you man.

    Blame it on the dictionary or your illiteracy. LOL :D

     

    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/digitalize

     

    If you still have trouble spelling, can't help you man.

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  15. Posted

    Yes, I know that there are some really unknowledgeable people working for that mag

     

    And you have no idea if i'm "really unknowledgeable",

     

    Well judging by some of your replies so far.....

     

    Ah, so you feel that because i dared to disagree with you that makes me "really unknowledgeable"... not much ego going on there, then.

     

     

    Not just those unknowledgeable replies you gave me, but in general, towards others.

     

    As for my ego, I know, isn't it swell?

    seems fine to me!

     

     

    Many thanks

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  16. Posted

    Yes, i know it's a UK magazine... i've been writing for them since issue 51, it's sort of hard to avoid noticing after about eighteen months. =-)

     

    Yes, I know that there are some really unknowledgeable people working for that mag

     

    And you have no idea if i'm "really unknowledgeable",

     

    Well judging by some of your replies so far.....

     

    but if you are one of the few knowledgeable contributors to RG, glad to hear it.

    Well, if TMR is "unknowledgeable", then frenchman got lost somewhere in the way between the stage of embryo and suckling. :D

     

    ...and outsmarts you by a long shot

    Yeaaah, teach me again about "digitalize" ROTFL :D

     

     

    If you still have trouble spelling, can't help you man.

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  18. Posted

    Yes, i know it's a UK magazine... i've been writing for them since issue 51, it's sort of hard to avoid noticing after about eighteen months. =-)

     

    Yes, I know that there are some really unknowledgeable people working for that mag

     

    And you have no idea if i'm "really unknowledgeable",

     

    Well judging by some of your replies so far.....

     

    but if you are one of the few knowledgeable contributors to RG, glad to hear it.

    Well, if TMR is "unknowledgeable", then frenchman got lost somewhere in the way between the stage of embryo and suckling. :D

     

    ...and outsmarts you by a long shot

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  19. Posted

    Yes, I know that there are some really unknowledgeable people working for that mag

     

    And you have no idea if i'm "really unknowledgeable",

     

    Well judging by some of your replies so far.....

     

    Ah, so you feel that because i dared to disagree with you that makes me "really unknowledgeable"... not much ego going on there, then.

     

     

    Not just those unknowledgeable replies you gave me, but in general, towards others.

     

    As for my ego, I know, isn't it swell?

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  20. Posted · Edited by frenchman

    Yes, i know it's a UK magazine... i've been writing for them since issue 51, it's sort of hard to avoid noticing after about eighteen months. =-)

     

    Yes, I know that there are some really unknowledgeable people working for that mag

     

    And you have no idea if i'm "really unknowledgeable",

     

    Well judging by some of your replies so far.....

     

    but if you are one of the few knowledgeable contributors to RG, glad to hear it.

  21. Posted · Edited by frenchman

     

    Yes, i know it's a UK magazine... i've been writing for them since issue 51, it's sort of hard to avoid noticing after about eighteen months. =-)

     

     

     

    Yes, I know that there are some really unknowledgeable people working for that mag, incl. the awful Stuart Campbell, who never does any research (the Neo Geo blunder was pretty bad, here's a DP posting from a member: ".......I was pretty sickened by the crap Stuart Campbell pulled over at Neo-Geo.com a few months back. Basically he was called on some errors in an article he wrote, but instead admitting to it or entitling everyone to their own opinions he created this giant ego driven mess, registered multiple accounts to defend himself with against the infamous neo-geo.com slaughter house, and never once attempted to save any face.

    It's the only time I've seen a 40 year old man devolve into a 10 year old boy. You could make a top 50 list he said so many stupid things there, telling your readers to "die in chemical fires" sticks out for me though."

  22. Posted

    Actually Retro Gamer had a feature on UK/USA comparisons where the (same) games were develeoped by two different companies. It's a UK magazine btw.

     

    I still prefer the Activision (USA) version of Aliens than the Electric Dreams (UK) version. As for Bionic Commando, only played it on NES, so I cannot compare UK/US versions of the C64 game.

     

    Also, many UK coders already programmed for US software houses during the 80s or even founded them, ever heard of Lord British?

     

    I could be wrong here but LB lived in Texas during his programming career and might have grown up there - He is technically English but I wouldnt count him as a born and bred UK developer who started Origin for US games.

     

    Well he wasn't. He only started coding in US. Still British though.

  23. Posted · Edited by frenchman

    Actually Retro Gamer had a feature on UK/USA comparisons where the (same) games were develeoped by two different companies. It's a UK magazine btw.

     

    I still prefer the Activision (USA) version of Aliens than the Electric Dreams (UK) version. As for Bionic Commando, only played it on NES, so I cannot compare UK/US versions of the C64 game.

     

    Also, many UK coders already programmed for US software houses during the 80s or even founded them, ever heard of Lord British?

  24. Posted · Edited by frenchman

     

    Which brings up an interesting point: Why is the Atari such a target of rabid, delirious Commodore users, and the Apple II is not? I mean, the Atari was cheaper, and DEFINITELY more capable architecture. It would seem the Apple II should *really* be subject to the ire of C= users. It pales in comparison to C64 compared to how the A8 measures up. I think the fact that wacko Commies flock to this forum to argue (and somehow feel better about themselves, as if THEY created the C64 by merely being one out of 17 MILLION) should seek out the vastly inferior and vastly overpriced Apple II. Oh, I guess they don't see it as a threat. Such a comparison would be ludicrous. But with the Atari it is not, the Atari is not definitely inferior (despite its pre-dating the categorically primative Vic-20), and the fact that the Atari can hold a candle seems to burn the ass of a few Commodore users - hence the rivalry. I should think any rabid Commodore aficionado worth his salt would go after the bigger dog and the easier fight....Apple. The fact that they are here trying to make you burn your Atari speaks volumes about your Atari by virtue of the fact that THEY are here. It does contend! Rabid, overzealous C= users coming here to attempt to shit on your Atari is - by its very nature - a salute to the Atari architecture and the "threat" (note the quotes) that it presents to C= superiority. If that wasn't the case, they'd be off hassling Apple users....but they're not....they're here....and their very presence is indicative of Atari-8 ingenuity.

     

    Because.....there was no European Apple 2 market (think vastly overpriced like in US and triple that for Europe). As you can see the most C64ers jealous of the A8 here are from the UK, tape users. I mean, Apple 2 users wouldn't be seen dead using a....cassette...you gotta be kidding.

    But there you have it, in UK it was Spectrum + tape, C64 + tape, some fdd, Amstrad + tape....in Germany they had C64 + fdd, A8 + fdd, Schneider....and France had their own Thompson computers, and that was that, sorry no Apple 2 popularity in Europe.

  25. Posted · Edited by frenchman

    I like the game comparisons also. No worries there. It's good to see lots of older titles side by side. Always interesting.

     

    As for giving up Atari, no way. As for checking out a C64, absolutely! At some point, that will happen, as it would for other interesting 8 bitters. For me personally, it's a matter of time, space and dollars. Picked up a CoCo 3 a while back, and am saving my pennies for a PC adapter / SD device. Now is the time to collect these goodies, as has been said here.

     

    As for the style, if it's just entertainment Rockford wants, I'll largely pass, unless a good opportunity presents itself. Then it's game on! Those of you reading this thread long enough know I'm totally up for that.

     

    So yeah, keep posting. No worries here.

     

    You know, I am using a C128 since 1987, sometimes I also used an Apple 2, but get one (C64 or 128), try it out, there's some real classics to be found within the US software range. Stay away from UK softs as boredom sets in quite quickly after a few minutes with those games. Exceptions are softs from Thalamus, System 3, Hewson, Level 9, Rainbird, but that's it really. But try some US classics, Starflight, Zak McKracken, Alter Ego, Space Rogue, LCP, Times of Lore, Bards Tale III....etc. Huge list of classics

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